Black History x #TDIF This Day In Freshness Feb 21, 2013

21 February 2013 TDIF

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1.	1992 – Eva Jessye Eva Jessye choral director for the first Broadway production of Porgy and Bess died in Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb. 21, 1992.
2.	1987 – Black Rebellion in Tampa, Florida African Americans in Tampa, Florida rebelled after an African American man was killed by a white police officer while in custody.
3.	1965 – 2/21/1965: On this day Bro. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcom X), American blac 2/21/1965: On this day Bro. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcom X), American black nationalist, is assassinated.
4.	1965 – Malcolm X. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated, 11 months after his split from Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam.
5.	1965 – Malcolm X (39) assassinated in Audubon Ballroom at Malcolm X (39) assassinated in Audubon Ballroom at a rally of his organization. Three Blacks were later convicted of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment.
6.	1961 – Otis Boykin patents the Electrical Resistor Otis Boykin, Inventor, patented the Electrical Resistor. U.S. 2,972,726 He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker). He began his career as a laboratory assis…
7.	1936 – Barbara Jordan born 2/21/1936: On this day Barbara Jordan, who will be the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives, is born
8.	1933 – Nina Simone born Nina Simone (Eunice Waymon), 66, singer (“I Love You Porgy,” “Trouble in Mind”) born Tryon, NC, Feb 21, 19933.
9.	1917 – Thelonious Monk, jazz great born Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917–82) Jazz musician; born in Rocky Mount, N.C. He was raised in New York
10.	1895 – North Carolina Legislature adjourns North Carolina Legislature, dominated by Black Republicans and white Populists, adjourned for the day to mark the death of Frederick Douglass.

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